Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano

Re:Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano by gooseus on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @06:38PM (#15597244)

I would say that we can do something about it... we can hedge our bets and we can be smarter about how we direct our efforts in the time we have.

I have recently started to evangelize panbioticism and project which seek to seed the solar system/galaxy with terrestrial life.

Even if humans can't become self-sustaining outside of Earth before we get wiped out by something, I believe that we can give our genetic family a chance by sending out clusters of small probes of primitive AI and primitive organisms which can maybe evolve elsewhere. Also by storing a vault of our knowledge and storage for embryos for ourselves and as many diverse species as possible. We could build that and land it on a moon outside of the radius of an expanded sun with a beacon to help it be found.

Any of these things is absolutely feasible and would give life a better shot in the future. Here is Dr. Michael Mautners website for the Society for Life in Space (SOLIS)

http://www.panspermia-society.com/

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Re:Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano by logfromblammo on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @11:11AM (#15601873)

I'm already with you. I think the initial effort lies with exploiting extremophile bacteria and encysting or spore-forming organisms, though. Not to say that a K-strategy solution won't work eventually, but right now, r-strategy seems best. Get as many Earth-origin organisms to as many different celestial bodies as possible, and hope that 0.0001% of them land in a good spot.

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Re:Nasa’s ambitious plan to save Earth from a supervolcano by KozmoNau7 on Wednesday November 01, 2017 @05:19AM (#15599740)

I like that idea, seed the universe.

We may not be able to save humanity, but we will give life a fighting chance.

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